19 Killed When Train Hits Bus
ONTARIO (California), Mon.: From 17 to 19 persons were killed and six injured when a Union Pacific passenger train ran squarely…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
859 stories in Murray's papers · page 34 of 43
Roads to New Tallangatta Would Cost £760,000”
MELBOURNE, Mon.: The transfer of the township of Tallangatta to prevent its flooding in the event of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fined £30 For Removing Suitcases on Train
A man who removed several suitcases from the corridor of a train travelling between Goulburn and Albury on October 1,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Do You Know What a Railway Is?
Perhaps you think you know what a railway is? You don't. We thought we did. . . until we read this learned definition by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured When Motor Cycle Strikes Sheep
Two young' Bendigo people —Miss Margaret Rowe and Mr. Norman Tarr-were thrown from a motor cycle when it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Does Little Damage to Streets, Roads
Considering: the heavy rain which fell in Albury on Monday, and particularly the torrential downpour late in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Man Killed by Rail Motor
SYDNEY, Tues.: Killed instantly when he was struck by a rail-motor at Lidcombe station tonight, a young man has not yet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£80 Million Plan for Victorian Railways Melbourne
AN £80 million 10-year plan, designed to modernise the Victorian railways, was disclosed today by the Victorian Railways Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring Pars and Personalities
AN important meeting of representatives of the automotive parts manufacturing industry in Australia will be Albury from October 17 to October 19. It is expected that the convention will be attended by up to 70…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Grubben P. & C. Association Disappointed Over Delay In Road Work
Great disappointment was expressed: by members of Grubben Parents and Citizens' Association at a meeting held on Wednesday, September 22, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rail Motor Service
This paragraph .is culled from the “Riverine Herald” of Echuca: A rail motor will leave Seymour today to replace the one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Haulage by Road is Heavy, Exacting Work
A COMMON sight in cafes and hotels along Hume Highway are men wearing leather jackets or overalls. Most of them are young, their hands and faces are often grimy and their walk shows the stiffness resulting from long hours at the wheel…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motor Cyclist Had Amazing Escape
A motor cyclist had a miraculous escape from serious injury last evening when the motor cycle he was riding collided with a car…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway to Cudgewa Ppu to Query on Hume Dam
Wodonga and district committee of the Australian Primary Producers' Union at a meeting in Wodonga RSL Hall,…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Railwaymen Allegedly Involved in Big Racket
SYDNEY, Sunday : A huge racket in Government building materials [?]ted to [?] into more than [?] worth, has…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →No Trams, Buses in Rome
ROME, Sun.: All trams and bus services in Rome were suspended late last night when transport men struck as a protest against…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motorist Killed Near Corowa When Car Overturns
At about 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon last an Albury resident received injuries from Which he died in Corowa Hospital during…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Commission May Probe Railway Branch Lithgow
DISCLOSURES of an alleged blackmarket in Gov. ernment building materials, involving highly placed Railway Department officials, is expected in departmental circles, to end in a special commission…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Diesel Train to Tallangatta
A streamlined diesel rail motor has taken the place of the steam train running between Wodonga and Tallangaita. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Four Killed in Train Smash
MEADE (Kansas), Tues.: Four persons were killed and at least 75 injured yesterday when the Rock Island Railroad's…
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